Psalms 8

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8:1
לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־הַגִּתִּית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃
For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
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8:2
יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה־אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל־הַשָּׁמָיִם׃
O LORD, our Lord, How glorious is Thy name in all the earth! Whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.
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8:3
מִפִּי עוֹלְלִים וְיֹנְקִים יִסַּדְתָּ עֹז לְמַעַן צוֹרְרֶיךָ לְהַשְׁבִּית אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם׃
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries; That Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
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8:4
כִּי־אֶרְאֶה שָׁמֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂי אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ יָרֵחַ וְכוֹכָבִים אֲשֶׁר כּוֹנָנְתָּה׃
When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;
8:5
מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי־תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ וּבֶן־אָדָם כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ׃
What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?
8:6
וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ׃
Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, And hast crowned him with glory and honour.
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8:7
תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ כֹּל שַׁתָּה תַחַת־רַגְלָיו׃
Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet:
8:8
צֹנֶה וַאֲלָפִים כֻּלָּם וְגַם בַּהֲמוֹת שָׂדָי׃
Sheep and oxen, all of them, Yea, and the beasts of the field;
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8:9
צִפּוֹר שָׁמַיִם וּדְגֵי הַיָּם עֹבֵר אָרְחוֹת יַמִּים׃
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
8:10
יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה־אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ׃
O LORD, our Lord, How glorious is Thy name in all the earth!
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Rashi on Psalms 8:8

<b>Flocks and cattle</b> Heb. צנה ואלפים [equivalent to] צאן ובקר, like (Deut. 7:13), “the young of your cattle (אלפך).” צנה is an expression of industry, as (in Num. 32:24), “and enclosures for your flocks (לצנאכם)”; oveyledic in Old French, enclosu...

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